• orlyowl@piefed.ca
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    2 months ago

    I watched with sound off so apologies if this was mentioned, but why the F are they not getting out of dodge? Is the train disabled in some way - guessing it’s not or the guy wouldn’t be taking the time to get a video on his phone.

    I’d only be videoing that horrifying up close fire as we drove away from it.

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      2 months ago

      That other train that passed had a clear track, and they were waiting their turn on a side rail to use the track the other train was coming the opposite way on. Many many places only have one set of rails, there ain’t two-way traffic everywhere. You probably don’t want two million-ton vehicles to smash into each other in the middle of a wildfire.

      https://lemmy.zip/comment/27668336